We added a brand new feature today that should make those of you with a Google account happy. We’ve added a 1-click sign in with Google to our login page. Just click the big red button, approve the connection and it’ll be smooth sailing from then on. If you have yet to make a Sporcle account, clicking this button will get you signed up as well.

If you have any questions, comments, or issues using the new Google sign-in button. Let us know at our feedback page.

bacheson: On Saturday, my caterpillar ate through one piece of chocolate cake, one ice-cream cone, one pickle, one slice of Swiss cheese, one slice of salami, one lollipop, one piece of cherry pie, one sausage, one cupcake, and one slice of watermelon. I think it’s an omnivore.

If you haven’t created a Sporcle account, but you’ve been thinking about it lately, peruse this list to see why you should give it a shot.

1. It’s Free!

We don’t charge for an account, it’s totally free. That gives you plenty of money to purchase a batmobile or a money bin. Whatever you want!

2. You’ll earn SO many badges

There are badges for literally (LITERALLY!) everyone on the site. From the Newbie Badge (Create an account on Sporcle) to the Around the World badge (Get 100% on Countries of the World), you’ll have no problem building up a nice display of badges on your profile. Make your way up to Sporcle Scout in no time!

3. You can accept all the challenges

If you think you’re the fastest and smartest Sporcler around, there’s no better way to prove your mettle than by challenging other users. You can also get automatic challenges from the world famous Sporcle-Bot 9000. He’s much nicer than HAL, but still a tough son of a gun.

4. You can also track your stats

If you’ve been tracking all your Sporcle scores with a pen and paper, we salute you! But there’s a better way that avoids all those hand cramps and ink stains. We’ll track your scores automatically with computers and lasers. Yes, we absolutely use lasers to track your score. Why? Because lasers are cool.

5. You’ll never miss another quiz

If there’s one thing we hate, it’s forgetting stuff. We have you covered with our customizable email reminders. After you create your free account, just head to your settings page and get them set just like you like ‘em.

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When we choose which holidays to create badges for, we usually decide on those that are either really well-known, or just make us laugh. Whacking Day is definitely the latter, and might be the most obscure holiday we’ve chosen so far.

Whacking Day is based on an early episode of The Simpsons, where the town celebrates May 10th by driving snakes to the center of town in order to whack them with sticks. In the episode, Bart and Lisa decide (rightly!) that the holiday is barbaric, and instead attempt to lure the snakes to safety with the help of singer Barry White. In the end, everyone learns a valuable lesson about tolerance (probably).

Here at Sporcle, Simpsons quotes are a perfectly cromulent occurrence. Once we discovered the date officially fell on May 10th, we absolutely had to create the badge. Once our mysterious badge artist Skylar drew it, it immediately became one of our favorite badges. All you have do to earn it is play the Whacking Day Hymn, The Simpsons Minefield, and Venomous or Not? on May 10th.

Of course, this year Whacking Day perfectly coincides with Mother’s Day. We can’t think of a better way to celebrate motherhood than by making obscure Simpsons references. Also, you should call your mom.

Have you ever made an amazing quiz, and wanted to make a sequel with all the same settings and style? Now is your time. You can copy any of your own quizzes whether they are a draft, contributed or published. All you have to do is navigate to your game management dashboard, look for copy icon (right next to the edit game link), and you can start happily cloning quizzes all day long.

Just remember: Game play data, ratings and favorites are not copied along for the ride, but all other info, including answer data, and map marker locations, will be preserved in the new quiz.